Daily Republican., 1887-09-19
NEWS SUMMARY.

fhs Firss Gun of the OamDeagD-A
New Rhsss Of 0smbling-Aurdsr on
. Bridge.
The United Labor Party OF New York
city held . demonstration In Union
Square on Saturday night. 1t was 3D.
vertised ~ "lhs frat gun OF the oam.
psisn," and . great turn out was OK.
peoted, but not more than four or Ave
thousand were present. Henry George,
DR.. MoGlynn, James Qainn and others
spoke.
EIfty.eiRht oo,ored men were N.
raigneA in New York Sunday for gam.
bling. They were all arrested at the
Criterion and Caierers' Club rooms.
Justice Gordon discharged them, sayipR
"thst they had % much tight 70 gamble
In their own club rooms ~ the members
of the Union League or Manhattan
Clubs had in their rooms"
At Ludlow, Kentucky, ON Saturday
afternoon, Robert Piummer WAS ~.
saultsd BY George Grummeiser while
both men were Ut work on . railroad
bridge. Plummer drew revolver and
killed his assailAnt. He had recently
been promoted to posirio from which
0rummeiser had been discharged.
The 36-inch water main which sup
plies all OF Washington north OF L
street broke about o'clock on Satur.
day morning, doing considerable dam.
age 70 property, and causing . watei
famine. The break was repaired yes
terday afternoon, and water turned or
again throughout the district.
A passenger train on the Atlantic
aud Pacific Railroad was wrecked neal
Needles, California, on Friday. The
engine and portion Of . train wenl
through . bridge II 10 reported tha,
about forty people were killed and In.
jured.
Captain J. B. Mullett. an officer IL
the United States Revenue Marine
Service, committed suicide In Sar
Francisco yesterday. by shooting him
self 10 the head. III health 10 supposed
TO be the cause of the desd.
The gripmeu, drivers and conductor,
OF the Walnut Hills cable road and tht
horse car road to walnut Hills, at DIN
cinnAh, struck early on Saturday even
ing because the president of the road,
discharged two employees from the cabls
line.
William Harding, while repairing 9
Baltimore and Ocio Railroad bridge
near Wheeling, W. Va, on Saturday
were Knocked by yard engine to thu
river bed below and killed.
Ninety six years ago on Sunday Gen
eral Washington laid the cornef-ston,
of the National Capitol. Thursday will
bs the anniversary Of The Emancipation
Proclamation by President Lincoln IL
1862.
Andrew Mitchell, coored, was sho
aud fatally wounded by Robert Tsyi ior
also colored, In quarre! about 80 cent
and o game OF csrds, In Cincinnati
early yesterday morning.
National and patriotic airs wer,
ch!med from the tower Of the Metro
politan Church, IN Washington, or
Saturday evening, in celebration Of tn
Constitutional Centenary.
Printed petitions 70 Governor Oglesby
Of Illinois, appealing .or . Communication
OF sentence for the condemned Anar
chists are being seLt to all parts Of th
country.
The last Of the injured Of the Ill fatet
Niagara excnrsionists remaining a
Ohsisworth, Illinois, died Friday. Thi
makes the total Lumber Of victim
eighty.
George Branch, private of Batter.
g., Glitch U. 8. Artillery, COMMITTEES
suicide OF Fort Monroe on Saturday b.
Jumping from the rampant into th
moas.
| Natural gas was struck In salt vel
at El!sw0tth, Kansas, Sunday, at
depth Of 1870 feet. The gas was s.rucl
800 feet below the salt.